Title: Unit 3a Written Quiz
Course: Alternative & Augmentative Comm (SLPA 210-SLPA 210) > Section: Assessments

Q: Give 2 examples of aided low tech AAC.

Q: Give examples of each of the following message types: wants and needs, information sharing, social closeness, social etiquette.

Q: How do we decide what type of symbol to use?

Q: How do we decide what type of messages to use?
Feedback: Bondy & Frost p. 60 select messages that the child will need to communicate regularly, messages that will increase participation in family and school activities and messages that will assist the child to participate socially.

Q: How many phases are there in teaching PECS?
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 5
A: 6

Q: How many pictures are used at a time during phases 1 and 2 of PECS training?
- Only 1
- 1 or 2
- 2 or 3
- 4 or more
A: Only 1

Q: How many years do we wait for a child to learn to communicate before considering AAC?
A: answers vary
Feedback: Binger & Kent-Walsh p. 8. "across the entire life span." p. 23 - 24 "ensure access to appropriate means of communication even from the very beginning of life." Bondy & Frost p. 25 "if children younger than 2 years are not only slow to develop speech but are also lagging in the development of scial responsiveness...imitation, and play, then significant concerns about development are appropriate."

Q: If sign and/or pictures are introduced, does this reduce a child’s ability to learn verbal speech?
- yes
- no
A: no

Q: The child should only have “wants and needs” messages on AAC.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: What are some of the advantages to using PECS?

Q: What are the prerequisites to using PECS?

Q: What do we need to consider before teaching a child to use PECS (re: reinforcement)?

Q: What does “initiating communication” mean in PECS training?

Q: What does PECS stand for?
A: Picture Exchange Communication System

Q: What is a mini schedule?

Q: What is a PECS book?

Q: What is a visual schedule?

Q: What is the difference between consumable and non-consumable rewards?

Q: What is the first phase of teaching PECS?
- initiating communication
- making specific choices between pictures
- constructing simple sentences
- responding to the question, "what do you want?"
A: initiating communication

Q: With whom is PECS used?
Feedback: Bondy & Frost p. 69 - 70. Appropriate candidates may or may not have functional communication, may or may not have a communication modality that is understood by unfamiliar people, may or may not be initiating functional communication, and may need to expand vocabulary or MLU. child who indicates something is reinforcing fine motor skills do not need to be intact no cognitive prerequisites may be verbal or nonverbal